Ganotantri Party President and Awami League-led grand alliance nominated candidate Nurul Islam who had been suffering severe burn wounds, succumbed to his injuries at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Thursday afternoon.
Nurul Islam who had filed nomination for contesting the upcoming parliament elections from Noakhali-1 constituency along with his son received serious burn injuries when their apartment house went up in flames on Tuesday night in the capital's Lalmatia area. Nurul Islam's son Tamohar Islam alias Puchi, 35, died on the spot while critically injured Nurul Islam was rushed to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital from where he was referred to the CMH as his condition started deteriorating. Later, he had been kept on life support there. But yesterday he met the tragic end of his life at CMH at abut 4.30 pm.
As soon as the death news spread among the leaders and activists of Awami League-led 14-party alliance, they held an emergency meeting at Awami League Dhamondi Party Office yesterday. Awami League Presidium Members Abur Razzak and Tofael Ahmed, Spokesman Syed Ashraful Islam and 14 party leaders Hassanul Haque Inu, Dilip Barua, Syed Zafar Sazzad, Anisul Islam and Wahedul Islam attended the meeting.
Emerging from the meeting expressing strong condemnation Abdur Razzak told reporters that by launching sabotage Nurul Islam and his son Tomohor Islam were murdered. "Government will have to take the responsibility on its shoulders to find out the criminals who set ablaze the apartment house of Nurul Islam and killed him and his son. We want to tell the government that the pre-planned murder is against the spirit of democracy. Not only verbally saying so but the government will have to dig out the persons involved in such anti-state and subversive activities," Razzak said.
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Back in 2001, I published a novel, To Hell In A Handcart, in which part of the action took place at a tacky theme park called Goblin's, somewhere in southern England. Disneyland, it wasn't. The surly, tattooed staff were forced to dress as elves, the rip-off food was poisonous, visitors were wheel-clamped as they drew up at reception, the whole place was run entirely for the convenience of the management and nothing worked properly.
Guests included a party of juvenile delinquents, taken on holiday at taxpayers' expense by their social worker to teach them the error of their ways.
Brown's Blunderland: Imagine Gordon, dressed up in his Santa suit, with chief pixie Peter Mandelson at his knee, rubbing his hands at the thought of raking in all that lovely money on a false prospectus
They spent their time fighting, swearing, drinking, taking drugs, abusing employees and fellow campers alike, burgling the chalets and stealing from cars.
Goblin's wasn't meant to be a metaphor for modern Britain, but I can understand why some people thought it might be.
It all came flooding back this week when I read about the Lapland New Forest experience, otherwise known as Winter Blunderland, a new 'tourist attraction' on the Hampshire/ Dorset border. The staff even dressed like elves.
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Then the future is stinky, and sticks to the bottom of your shoe. And you have to get a stick and clean out the treads lest you track it onto the carpet.
Obama's Money Was Three Times as Much as McCain in General Election
He was not quite the first $1 billion president -- but he was three quarters of the way there. In 21-plus months, Barack Obama raised nearly $750 million, surpassing all of his White House opponents this year and also eclipsing the total amount of money raised by all of the presidential candidates combined in 2004.
Post-election campaign finance reports, filed by the candidates and national political party committees with the Federal Election Commission Thursday, reinforced the striking contrast between the amount of money Obama had at his disposal versus Republican rival John McCain.
From Oct. 16 through Nov. 24, 20 days after he was elected president, the Obama campaign reported bringing in $104.1 million from more than a million contributors. In that time period, Obama raised more money than the McCain campaign had available to spend during the general election, which officially began after the parties held their late summer conventions. The campaigned finished the period sitting on $30 million. It's not clear how that money will be used.
Obama's best fundraising month came in September, when he obliterated all records by raking in $153.1 million. More people gave to the Obama campaign than any campaign in history. Team Obama estimated its total number of donors to be just shy of 4 million.
McCain's fundraising for the 2008 cycle was not terrible. The Arizona senator raised a respectable $238 million from donors, in addition to the $84 million federal grant he received for participating in the public financing system. In all, McCain had almost $50 million more to spend than George W. Bush did in 2004. Those were good overall numbers, but obviously not enough to complete with Obama's enormous fundraising prowess.
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And how much of that was from Soros and foreign doners?
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McCain's own self inflicted wound. Making laws trying to force people to act against their nature rather than taking human nature into account and codify the process in law has clearly been demonstrated as the failure it is [for another umpteenth time].
Unless Minnesota's U.S. Senate campaigns aggressively withdraw some of the ballots they've challenged during the 3-week-old recount, it could take more than a month for a state board to judge them.
As of Wednesday, 6,326 ballots were taken off the piles of recounted votes after observers for Democrat Al Franken or Republican Sen. Norm Coleman questioned the voters' intent or the validity of the votes. A State Canvassing Board, made up of two county and two Supreme Court judges and the secretary of state, will determine how those ballots should be counted later this month.
The Franken campaign Wednesday made a move to reduce the size of that challenged stack. It told the secretary of state's office that the campaign wanted to withdraw 633 of its more than 3,000 ballot challenges.
All counties are expected to finish sifting through ballots by Friday. As of Wednesday night, when about 98 percent of ballots were counted, Coleman led Franken by 316 votes, when comparing the Election Day totals to the recounted totals. That vote lead doesn't include any of the challenged ballots.
After "painstaking" examination of some of the challenged ballots, folks at Franken headquarters decided voter intent was clear, and the 633 ballots were valid. The campaign likely will remove more ballots from those the canvassing board will have to plow through. "This is as far as we have gotten in this process," said Franken recount attorney Marc Elias.
Both campaigns have claimed since the recount started Nov. 19 that their opponents were challenging ballots in order to inflate the vote counts. Elias claimed Wednesday that if the challenges were counted as they eventually will be, Franken would actually be leading by 22 votes in the race.
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I find it really hard to believe that more than a couple hundred people in the whole of Minnesota would want to vote for Al Franken to be their Senator. He's a clown, and a blowhard, and a world class nut.
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These all should be thrown out. If a voter makes a mistake or spoils the ballot, he or she goes back for more. Intent does not cut it. The directions are clear. Letting anything like this go is letting the whole camel into the tent. Where will it stop?
We have similar problems with bids at work. The instructions are clear. For example, no faxes. We get faxes. Bid is non responsive.
Franken is just trying to get into the tent. A typical dem. The ends justify the means. We are counting ballots, not interpreting ink slobber or chicken scratches. He is trying to harvest votes out of background noise.
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Jeebus H...As if we needed any MORE damn proof that the Democrats are a bunch of preteens who never grew up...
Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But that statement apparently is wearing thin.
I don't blame Bambi for holding back. Times are tough. Decisions are tougher. And Bambi's beginning to realize that he's overmatched. Dubya still has the job for another six weeks so why not stick him with the tough decisions and all the blame for as long as possible?
"He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday. Frank, who has been dealing with making sure the MSM helps him keep his tender ass out of a Federal prison both the bailout of the financial industry and a proposed rescue of Detroit automakers, said Obama needs to play a more significant role on economic issues.
"At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time. I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have," Frank said, taking a dig at President George W. Bush. "He's (Obama's) got to remedy that situation." Hmmm. Demanding that Obama essentially stage a coup and usurp Presidential authority in violation of the Constitution and God knows HOW many federal laws (sedition, anyone?). In a sane and rational world, this corrupt scumbag would have been prancing around the prison yard in an orange jumpsuit a long time ago.
"The Obama team has to step up," Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and one of the lead architects of the financial crisis negotiators, said Nov. 21 in Hartford, Conn. "In the minds of the people, this is the Obama administration. I don't think we can wait until Jan. 20." "Gobsmacking", as the Brits would say. My jaw's still on the damn ground. I don't know what shocks me more - the gall of these bastards demanding that Obama fix their mess right now, or the MSM's complicity in hiding the fact that it IS largely their mess.
All hands stand by for AP slobberfest off the port quarter...
Frank, shrewd and quick-witted, also poked fun at Obama's calls for a "post-partisan" governing environment in Washington. Frank predicted that regulatory legislation aimed at preventing abuses related to subprime mortgages and credit cards stood a much better chance next year, when Democrats have greater majorities in the House and Senate. "Shrewd and quick-witted"?!? Jeez. Mr. Sycophantic AP Stenographer - did you have a funny taste in your mouth after giving Bawney his daily tongue bath? And fer chrissake, wipe off your chin...
If they're going to write legislation that 'prevents abuses' they'll first have to remove Barney from his chairmanship ...
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Just wait until the dhimocrats realize that even in office, Obama will not be able to do a damn thing to help. The damage is too great and only time and NO government assistance will fix the economy.
Ain't that just the statement of the century! Bawney Fwank... quick witted. Just hit me the other day, that this fool is the walking, talking Elmer Fudd. Give him a gun(he wouldn't recognize one if it hit him in the teeth) and let him shoot the Wawbitt.
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That's right, Barney and Mr. Friend of Angelo, keep deflecting that inconvienient spotlight. And if ya can't point it at Barry, point it at Bush.
Harrrumph harrrumph harrrrumph...
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"At a time of gweat cwisis with mowtgage foweclosuwes and autos, he says we only have one pwesident at a time. I'm afwaid that ovahstates the numbah of pwesidents we have," Frank said, taking a dig at President George W. Bush.
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As if Barack didn't have enuff troubles wid the economic news, CNN > were describing so many physical details on BO's upcoming inauguration I REMARKED TO A FRIEND WHY DOESN'T CNN JUST TELL OR EMAIL THE TERRORISTS HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE, ETC. TO ATTACK AND ASSASSINATE BO BEST ON INAUGURATION DAY; OR HAVE A FORMAL "HOW TO KILL POTUS-ELECT OBAMA = HIGH-RANKING NEWLY ELECTED BLACK US GOVT. OFFICIAL DURING HIS INAUGURATION" SPECIAL NEWS SEGMENT-GUEST PANEL???
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Speaking of which what in the world do +-500..700 point swings near every day in the market mean?
Bargain hunters waiting until the indexes slide down for a few days, sweeping in and buying shares, then riding a very short upswing until they sell again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Presidents can't fix the economy.
They may be able not ruining it
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Congress made and passed the legislation enabling subprime mortgages, i.e., allowing borrowers to get a mortgage that they could not afford. President Clinton signed the bill.
Congress caused the problem, Slick willy has culpability, as he pushed it and signed it.
If we had a free and independent press, they would have been on this years ago like stink on a monkey, but they did not. Now the same criminals who created the problem are still in charge, and they are tanking the economy.
They have accomplished what Bin Laden could not do. Now WHO is really our worst enemy?
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ION STRATEGYPAGE > INTELLIGENCE:THE BAD NEWS FROM AFRICA, + RUSSIA:SCARY PRESS RELEASES.
"She is a weak and confused leader who allows a fanatical group parody in Christmas displays. I mean how crazy is this? Washington State is ground zero for every nutty secular cause on earth," FNC host Bill O'Reilly said.
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Ya know what? Screw Bill O'Reilly. He has no core beliefs. The guy screwed us on immigration and has been nothing more than a raving self-aggrandizing egotist, and no friend of conservative causes unless they are convenient exaggerations with which he can rabble-rouse.
For instance, he has abandoning making any arguments on abortion unless the target of his argument makes it handy -- and he still tries to trade on being Catholic.
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The atheists' sign was installed by Washington members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national group based in Madison, Wis.
With a nod to the winter solstice - the year's shortest day occurring in late December - the placard reads: "At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
Excuse me, but Freedom FROM religion is NOT in the Constitution.
These guys are the kinds who relish shitting in the punchbowl.
THeir little statement is fine, up until the point where they state a very bigoted lie : hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Oh really? Hard hearts, like the biggest charities in the world -- all religious. Enslaves minds -- like the many great thinkers who were also saints?
Bigoted Asses is what that group is, proving it by adding the last phrase. Its an ATTACK statement with that in it.
What about letting neo-nazis or the KKK putting up similar statements to that about Jews or Catholics? Will they let others put up a sign attacking Islam like that?
Its not the content - its the attack at the end that makes the billboard untenable as a matter of public space. If they want the KKK to put things up like that, they have just opened the door for them to do so.
Take it down, or force them to omit the slurs, slanders and attacks.
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He should have done:
Called out all religious organizations to write the Governor's office, stating that they would be 'freeing minds' with a hard heart and withold ALL community assistance until further notice. To those seeking assistance, they would provide the address & a map of the Governor's office for where they should seek that assistance.
It's the overwhelming slam by the Washington government against religious organizations that's most outrageous here to me. Downright libelous.
Let the needy seek out that 'redistributed wealth' directly from the Governor and see what happens.
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O'Reilly might be a dick, but he knows bullshit when he sees it and isn't afraid to call it bullshit.
Other than that, I don't have much use for the guy.
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If you don't believe in God, then God bless you, we can't force it down your throat. All we ask is that you go to hell quietly and don't try to force you atheism down our throats.
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I'm kind of with bigjim on this one. O'Reilly is a blowhard with an ego to match but in most cases, he's not afraid to speak his mind, for better or worse, nor is he afraid to call a spade a spade, and that is a rarity of pre-historic proportions in the media today.
He's also not afraid to acknowledge that his style and manners turn people off, in other words that he is a dick, exactly like bigjim said. At least he points the muzzle of his rage, more often than not, at those who deserve it most. You can't say the same for many, if any, of his peers.
His efforts to protect the innocent, in particular his vendetta against child-sex offenders and those that sympathize with them, has resulted in real positive change. That in itself is admirable and worthy of some measure of respect.
Okay, that's enough defending of B. O'Reilly for one day. Perhaps for one year. The guy may be a jerk, although I don't know him personally, but he's the kind of jerk I'd rather have playing for my team instead of having to go up against him. He certainly seems tough, whether or not that's just a facade is open for debate.
Most of the time, I just wish he would shut up already.
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Listening to local news radio this morning here in the Seattle area, I've heard the atheist display sign is now missing. They'll be bringing in troopers later today to investigate (obviously we have no more serious crimes that warrant attention).
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No Druid stuff? No Wiccan holiday wishes? What about the Church of Bob?
Inclusive, my ass.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been consistent and clear that, under the Constitution's First Amendment, once government admits one religious display or viewpoint onto public property, it may not discriminate against the content of other displays, including the viewpoints of nonbelievers.
Ok, per that idiot gov, the Muslims CAN put one up saying that Atheists are going to hell and should have their trhoats cut.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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"She is a weak and confused leader who allows a fanatical group parody in Christmas displays. I mean how crazy is this? Washington State is ground zero for every nutty secular cause on earth," FNC host Bill O'Reilly said.
